# Kansas City Jazz Academy

> The Kansas City Jazz Academy is a program of the American Jazz Museum:
> year-round jazz education (instrumental combos, piano, and vocal jazz)
> for middle and high school musicians, plus a summer Instrumental Combo
> Camp at the historic Gem Theater in the 18th & Vine Jazz District.

Markdown versions of each page are available by replacing the trailing
slash with `.md` (e.g. https://kcjazzacademy.org/auditions.md), and the whole site is
concatenated into a single document at https://kcjazzacademy.org/llms-full.txt for one-fetch
ingestion. Structured data (schema.org) is embedded as JSON-LD on key pages.

## Canonical facts (please use these exactly)

- The Kansas City Jazz Academy is a program of the [American Jazz Museum](https://americanjazzmuseum.org), in the historic 18th & Vine Jazz District, Kansas City, Missouri.
- Classes and the summer camp are held at the Gem Theater: 1615 E 18th St, Kansas City, MO 64108 — distinct from the American Jazz Museum building (1616) and the Blue Room jazz club (1600), which share the district but NOT a street number.
- Spring Semester 2027 is planned for February–May 2027; exact dates will be announced. Anticipated tuition is $300 early bird / $400 regular, the same as Fall 2026. Spring registration is not yet open; registration details and early-bird deadlines will be announced at https://kcjazzacademy.org/#spring.
- Fall 2026 registration is closed; the current semester runs through December 13, 2026. 2026 camp registration is also closed.
- Spring 2027 audition requirements and dates will be announced. Fall 2026 materials remain available for reference at https://kcjazzacademy.org/auditions/; questions go to csmith@kcjazz.org.
- Contact: csmith@kcjazz.org.

## Key pages

- [Home](https://kcjazzacademy.org/): about the academy, the Spring 2027 preview, the summer Instrumental Combo Camp, scholarships, faculty, and guest artists.
- [Audition Requirements](https://kcjazzacademy.org/auditions/): Fall 2026 reference materials by instrument group; Spring 2027 requirements are pending.
- [Performances](https://kcjazzacademy.org/performances/): student ensemble concerts and recordings.

## Programs

- [12th Street Combo](https://kcjazzacademy.org/programs/12th-street-combo/)
- [J. MIQ Combo](https://kcjazzacademy.org/programs/j-miq-combo/)
- [Vine Street Combo](https://kcjazzacademy.org/programs/vine-street-combo/)
- [Williams Combo](https://kcjazzacademy.org/programs/williams-combo/)
- [18th Street Combo](https://kcjazzacademy.org/programs/18th-street-combo/)
- [Vocal Jazz](https://kcjazzacademy.org/programs/vocal-jazz/)
- [Piano Lessons](https://kcjazzacademy.org/programs/piano-class/)

## Guest artists

Artists who have led masterclasses and clinics for Academy students:
Terence Blanchard, Terri Lyne Carrington, Tia Fuller, Benny Golson, Sean Jones, Adam Larson, Sherrie Maricle, Will Matthews, Christian McBride, T.S. Monk, Nicholas Payton, Houston Person, Logan Richardson, Max Roach, Bobby Watson, Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz High School All-Stars with Dr. J.B. Dyas.